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TORONTO, March 26 (Reuters) - Influential advisory firm Glass Lewis advised its clients on Tuesday to back all 12 of Agrium Inc's board nominees, rejecting a five-member slate put forward by dissident investor Jana Partners. The endorsement from the well-regarded proxy advisory firm is a boost for Agrium ahead of a shareholder vote on April 9 and follows similar recommendations from smaller firms like U.S.-based Egan-Jones and UK-based Pensions Investment Research Consultants.

It's a lively spring for activist investors as one group ramps up the pressure on AOL weeks after another forced the resignation of Yahoo's chief executive. The dissension highlights the struggle of "old" new-media companies to rethink their business and who should anchor the boardroom while they do it. Glass Lewis, which advises shareholders of public companies how to vote at annual meetings, on Tuesday added its voice to critics of AOL, recommending the election of an activist investor to the netco's board.

JPMorgan Chase, one of the nation's largest banks, survived the financial crisis better than most - only to have the $6 billion "London Whale" trading loss last year expose embarrassing flaws in its accounting and risk controls. Influential shareholder advisers are now calling for a more personal reckoning at the top of the company. Two groups, Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass, Lewis & Co., are urging shareholders to reject the re-election of three board members, including billionaire Chicago business executive James Crown . Glass Lewis also is calling for a no vote on members of the firm's audit committee, including Chicagoan James Bell , who is chairman of the Chicago Infrastructure Trust and a retired Boeing Co. chief financial officer.

SEATTLE, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis has recommended that Microsoft Corp shareholders vote against the re-election of board member John Thompson, the lead independent director who is in charge of the company's efforts to find a new chief executive. In a research note circulated to its clients on Monday, Glass Lewis, which makes its recommendations based on corporate governance guidelines, expressed concerns about a possible conflict of interests for Thompson in his role as CEO of Virtual Instruments, a cloud-computing firm that sells licenses and devices to Microsoft.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. shareholders should vote against Chief Executive Michael Duke, Lee Scott and five other board nominees, proxy adviser Glass Lewis & Co. said on Monday. The firm said it was basing its recommendation on news reports that Wal-Mart failed to fully investigate allegations of widespread bribery by company officials in Mexico, a key foreign market for Wal-Mart. Duke was the company's vice chairman and Scott was CEO during the period of the alleged bribery. Glass Lewis also recommended shareholders vote against Aida Alvarez, Michele Burns, James Cash, Arne Sorenson and Christopher Williams.

A second shareholder advisory group has recommended that Career Education Corp. stockholders endorse directors led by dissident Steve Bostic rather than those backed by managers of the Hoffman Estates-based company. "This board could clearly use some outside perspective," Glass Lewis & Co. said Friday in its recommendations for Career Education's annual meeting, which is scheduled for Thursday. The other major shareholder agency, Institutional Shareholder Services, gave the same advice a week ago. Career Education shares fell more than 50 percent in the past two years, as the company battled government investigations and private lawsuits, including allegations it misled students to win federal financial aid. Management says it is reviving the company and calls Bostic's team inexperienced.

(Restores dropped "t" from Eliott name in first paragraph) May 2 (Reuters) - Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis told Hess Corp's shareholders late on Tuesday they should vote to elect five new board members nominated by activist hedge fund Elliott Management. Hess has been under pressure from the hedge fund, which owns a 4.5 percent stake in the oil and gas company, to implement changes, including the election of independent directors to the board, to increase shareholder value.